This blog is intended to capture real-life examples of librarians who have found positions in alternative career paths. It will also be used to recommend job openings found on the web, that are applicable non-traditional library roles.
Specifically, I mean positions that utilize our unique combination of skills in information management, customer service, research/reference/information retrieval, and analysis.

And so, I would like to begin this blog, for muses and anecdotes and also job postings, all intended to help librarians looking for non-traditional career opportunities. Given the recession, plus the major changes currently affecting (think: hammering) the information industry, those of us with library-related degrees and/or those who worked in a library for many years, without actually completing an MLS or similar degree, need guidance and suggestions regarding how else they can apply their training and experience.

Once a Librarian - Always a Librarian...

Actually, I'm being *your* reference librarian right now.. I'm anticipating that you have a need for information, and I'm putting together a source (this blog) that will help you get the answer.

The question is: in the current age if the information industry, where else can you devote your unique combination of skills?

This blog is intended to compile a list of examples, of jobs/new careers people have obtained, after having spent some period of their life in library-land (although as you know, one never really leaves library-land.)